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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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